Sight eor eirearms



R. L. WARNER SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 26.1915.

Reissued Nov. 9, 1915. 14,009.

I nvenior:

ROBERT L. WARNER, or

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. WARN R, of

Concord, in the county of Middlesex and ,State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a desirable to adjust the sight without look- 1 ing atit. I

. B engages stops d My invention consists mainly in means foraccomplishing this object.

' A feature of my invention is a rotary stepped member to move thesight.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a firearmembodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of the same without the sight;Fig. 3 is a plan ofa modified form; Fig. 4 is an elevation of themodified form; Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the formof Fig. 1 lookingfrom the right; Fig.6 is an end elevation of the form of Fig. 3 lookingfrom the right; Fig. 7 is an enlarged de tail of. the steppedmember; andFig. 8 is an enlarged perspective of the rotary member. A represents aportion of the barrel of a rifle in dovetailed engagement with bearingmember B. Mounted in slot 1) of bearing 13 is shaft 1) rigidly connectedto stepped member D and carrying turn-button 6 a recess I)? beingprovided to receive nember' D. A- screw 1) holds the shaft in thebearing. Member D is shown in enlarged detail in Fig. 7 and atits'periphery has six fiat faces or steps 1, 2, 3,4,5 and 6 although anysuitable number may be provided. Vhen member D is in place face 1 isnearest to the axis of the shaft, face 2 is slightly farther away, face3 still farther and so on with the othenfaces, there being sharp cornersbetween adjacent faces. A stop b on member I d on handle 6 to limit therotarymovement of thelatter. Spring sight member E comprises a sightingportion 6 and a flat spring portion 6, the latter being connected tobearing member Bby screw 6.

In Figs. 3, 4, 6 and'S I show another embodiment of my invention, inwhich the turnbutton f,

stops f f, shaft 7? and stepped portion f are all in. one piece.Likewise the spring sight and bearing are in one piece Specification cfReissued. Letters Patent.

. means which may UNITED STATES ratrnn'r orrron.

NCORD', MASSACHUSETTS.

SIGHT FOB FIREARMS.

Reissued Nov. 9, 1915.

Original No. 1,051,791, dated January 28, 1913, Serial No. 678,284.Application for reissue filed January 26,

' 1915. SerialNo. 4,570. V

which is provided with a hood 9, a recess to receive portion f and aslot to receive shaft f the sighting portion being shown at f and thespring portion at F, the latter being connected by screw f to the barreland being in dovetailed engagement with the barrel. In this form thestepped portion engages the barrel itself. Stop 7 on the hood engagesstopsf" f on the rotary member.

In using my device face 1 of the stepped member would normally engagethe under side of the flat spring portion 6'. If the. user desires toshoot at an object at a dis ta'nce of say one hundred yards he rotatesthe stepped member until .face 2 engages said portion and if sightingfor two hundred yards face 3'is brought into such engagementand so on,said distances being given merely as examples as of course, anyconvenient number of faces may be used for any desired distances, theangle'made by adja. cent faces giving a snap to the spring portion as itmoves from engagement with one face into engagement with an adjacentface.

My invention is especially useful for hunters who desire to keep theireyes continually on the game and therefore desire adjusting be operatedwithout looking at it, it b6111 clear that the operator can hear theclick of the engagement between the spring and the stepped member as thelatter is rotated and he can also feel the resistance as the springportion passes over the several sharp'corners between adjacent faces.

' If the user should leave the spring in engagement with someintermediate face and then when he sees the game forget what theadjustment is he, can rotate the stepped member. until one of its stopsengages the stop on the fixed member and he can then start the rotationand continue it until the desired adjustment is had and all this withoutlosingsight of the game.

A great advantage of my device is that the rotary member is held firmlyagainst rotation by the spring member and can not be turned accidentallyso that Imake sure that the sight will remain adjusted as desired andwill not have its adjustment changed by twigs, boughs Or the like.

Bearing B is to be considered a part of the firearm in its function ofsupporting the rotary member.

What I claim is: l. A device of the character described comprising aspring carrying a sight; and a rotary member its periphery, said facesbeing at progressively increasing distances from the axis of said memberand being adapted for direct engagement with the spring to hold thesight at the desired elevation. I

2. A device of the character described comprising a shaft; mounted onthe shaft and formedwith a plurality of fiat faces on its periphery,said faces being at progressively increasing displurality of faces atdifferent distances from b its axis, each face being parallel to saidaxis, and being adapted to engage the spring sight according to thedesired adjustment.

5. A device of thecharacter described comprisinga support adapted forconnection with abarrel and having a slot and a recess; a shaft mountedto turn in said slot; a member movable in said recess, having aplurality of faces and rigidly connected to said shaft;

shaft; and a fiat spring connected near one end to said support and nearits other end carrying a sight and being adapted near the latter end toengage each of said faces according to the adjustment desired andthereby maint-ain such adjustment.

6. A device of the character described comprising a barrel; a bearinghaving a slot and a recess; a shaft mounted to turn in said slot; amember rotatablein said recess, having a plurality of faces on itsperiphery at progressively increasing distances from its axis andrigidly connected 'to said shaft; a turn-button to rotate said I shaft;spring having connection at one endwith said barrel and near its otherend carrying a sight and being adaptedto engage each of said facesaccording to the adjustment desired and thereby maintain suchadjustment.

7. A device of the character described comprising a spring sight; and arotary member having a plurality of faces at progressively increasingdistances fro-m its axis to engage the sight and hold it at differentelevations, movement of said member changing the position of the sightfrom a lower to having a pluralityof faces on a disk eccentrically aturn-button to rotate said and a I a higher elevation, said springholding said member against bodily movement with relation to the firearmproper.

SLA device of the character described comprising a firearm asubstantially straight spring member having a sight integral therewithand being adapted for connection to the top of the firearm and a rotarymember having its axis horizontal and'crosswise of the firearm andhaving a plurality of faces at different distances from said axis, saidfaces being adapted for direct engagement with saidspring member,rotation of saidrot'ary member changing the elevation of said sight andsaid spring member and holding the rotary member in the desired rotativeposition.

9. A sight for firearms comprising a sight member; a firearm; a rotarymember pivoted in one of the two parts first named and having its'axiscrosswise of said fire arm and an operative periphery at progressivelyincreasing distances from said axis and engaging the other of said twoparts whereby the elevation of the sight member may be changed. 7

10. A sight sight member;

er pivoted in named and' ha'ving its axis crosswise of said firearm andanoperative periphery at progressively increasing distances from saidfor firearms comprising a a firearm; and a rotary'memaxis and engagingthe other of said two parts wherebyv the elevation of member may bechanged; limit the rotation the sight and means to of the rotary member.

' 11. A sight for firearmscomprising a sight member; a firearm and arotary member pivoted in one of the two parts first named and having itsaxis crosswise of said firearm and having a plurality of faces atprogressively increasing distances from said axis andengaging the otherof said two parts Wherebythe elevation of the sight membermay bechanged; and means to limit the rotation of the rotary member.

-12. A sight for firearms comprising a spring sight member; a firearm;and a rotary member pivoted in one of the two parts first named andhaving its axis crosswise of said firearm'and having a plurality of flatperipheral faces at progressively increasing distances from said axisand engaging the other of said two parts wherebythe elevation of thesight member may be changed;

13. A sight for firearms comprising a sight member; a firearm; a rotarymember pivoted in one of the two parts first. named and having its axiscrosswise of said firearm .and having an operative periphery atprogressively increasing distancesrfrom said axis and engaging the otherof said two parts-whereby the elevation of the sight member may bechanged, said rotary member and'one of the two parts first named cooneof, the two parts first I Operating to indicate to 'the userindependently of his vision the elevation of the sight.

14. A sight for firearms comprising a spring sight member; a firearm; arotary member pivoted in one of the two parts first named and having itsaxis crosswise of said firearm and having an operative periphery atprogressively increasing distances from said axis and engaging the otherof said two parts whereby the elevation of the sight member may bechanged, said sight member and said rotary member cooperating toindicute to the user independently of his vision the elevation of thesight.

15. A sight for firearms comprising a sight member; a firearm; a rotarymember pivoted in one of the two parts first named and having its axiscrosswise of said firearm and having an operative periphery atprogressively increasing distances from said axis and engaging the otherof said two parts whereby the elevation of the sight member may bechanged, said rotary member and one of the two parts first namedcooperating to indicate to the user independently of his vision theelevation of the sight; and means to limit the rotation of the rotarymember.

16. A sight for firearms comprising a sight member; a firearm; a rotarymember pivoted in one of the two parts first named and having its axiscrosswise of said firearm and having an operative periphery atprogressively increasing distances from said axis and engaging the otherof said two parts whereby the elevation of the sight member may bechanged, said rotary member, cooperating with the sight member toindicate to the user independently of his vision the elevation of thesight.

17. A sight for firearms comprising a sight member; a firearm; a rotarymember pivoted in one of the two parts first named and having its axiscrosswise of said firearm and having an operative periphery atprogressively increasing distances from said axis and engaging the otherof said two parts whereby the elevation of the sight member may bechanged, said rotary member being held by the sight member in thedesired position.

. ROBERT L. WARNER.

Witnesses:

H. W. ROGERS, GEORGE A. ROCKWELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

